Supply Chain Lead

Novelis Guthrie Manufacturing Facility • Guthrie, KY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Novelis is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Lead for its automotive finishing plant in Guthrie, Kentucky. The role manages production planning and scheduling in a just-in-time environment, optimizing plant assets and ensuring timely delivery of inputs. It provides strategic planning to support high productivity and low cost while meeting customer requirements and on-time delivery targets. The Supply Chain Lead works with other North American Supply Chain leaders, Integrated Planning, and third-party suppliers to coordinate metal supply strategies, production planning, plant loading, and shipments. The role leads the on-site Supply Chain team and serves on both the Guthrie Operations leadership team and the network or regional Supply Chain leadership team. It reports to the Director of Supply Chain, Oswego Network, with strong influence from other Supply Chain planning leadership and the Guthrie plant manager.

Novelis is a global aluminum recycling and rolling company and sustainable aluminum solutions provider, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with approximately 13,000 employees across 32 operating facilities on four continents. The Guthrie facility is Novelis’ newest facility and will house a heat-treatment and pretreatment line serving the North American automotive market.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in operations, logistics, supply chain management, or business administration.
• At least 5 years of Supply Chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5 years of experience in demand planning, purchasing, and/or network supply planning.
• Thorough understanding of S&OP processes, including Demand and Supply reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and/or drive relevant KPIs and implement and maintain routine management cadences.
• Proficiency with SAP (MM, PP, APO) or similar ERP applications.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes, systems, and software applications.
• Proficiency with MS Excel and MS Office applications.
• Experience influencing, leading, and driving collaboration across functions.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Direct people management experience.
• Experience with Power BI, MS Copilot, and Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate metal supply strategies, production planning and plant loading, and shipments with other North American Supply Chain leaders, Integrated Planning, and third-party suppliers, optimizing efficiency and profitability.
• Provide inputs to the network’s Near-Term Plan, Annual Plan, and Strategic Plan based on plant capacity, utilization, uptime, and recovery.
• Create production plans, machine-center schedules, and logistics bookings to deliver Near-Term Plan plant objectives and support 24/7/365 operations.
• Develop visual performance metrics and tracking to inform plant Operations and the broader business of performance versus plan, including loss intelligence related to metal flow and Supply Chain.
• Manage Shipping and Receiving activities to achieve the Near-Term Plan and meet customer shipment and delivery requirements.
• Develop scheduling strategies to optimize metal launch cycles and improve process time.
• Complete requested trials and communicate with Technical Development and Technical Services to support new business and improvements to current business.
• Manage Supply Chain personnel responsible for production planning, scheduling, logistics, data analytics, and reporting.
• Serve as a member of the Guthrie Operations leadership team and the network or regional Supply Chain leadership team.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Fertility treatment.
• Childcare discount.
• Nursing parent support.
• Employee assistance resources available 24/7 for mental health, family life, career, and financial guidance.
• Wellness incentives, a wellness spending account, healthy-habit programs, virtual physical therapy, and health management programs.
• Diabetes management program.
• Pet insurance.
• Identity theft protection.
• PerkSpot discount program.
• Tuition assistance and career development programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level